Australia: The land of many adventures

9:52 PM,
Nov. 12, 2012

Written by

Gary Sorensen
Morris Murdock Travel

From the quiet desert of the outback and the northern tropical rainforests to the magnificent Great Barrier Reef and the beautiful Sydney harbor, there is nothing quite like the incredible land down under - Australia. Australia is one of the hottest travel destinations in 2013 for both cruising and land tours.

Australia is on the opposite side of the equator and across the International Dateline. Flying from Los Angeles nonstop to Sydney will take about 13 hours, but once you are there you have an entire continent to discover. Australia is about the same size as the continental United States, ...